Table 1 General characteristics of students and schools included in the programme
School pair 1 | School pair 2 | School pair 3 | School pair 4 | Total Schools | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | |
No. of students | 21 | 23 | 79 | 66 | 51 | 56 | 41 | 37 | 193 | 181 |
School Type | Private | Private | Private | Private | Public | Public | Public | Public | 4 | 4 |
Average Students /class | 21 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 23 |
Gender | ||||||||||
Male% (n) | 38 (8) | 52 (12) | 55(43) | 52 (39) | 59 (30) | 55 (31) | 71 (29) | 46 (17) | 57(111) | 53(93) |
Female% (n) | 62(13) | 48 (11) | 45 (36) | 48 (27) | 41 (21) | 45 (25) | 29 (12) | 54 (20) | 43(82) | 47(88) |
Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | |
Age (yrs.) | 9.6 0.6 | 9.3 0.5 | 10.4 0.5 | 10.2 3.5 | 10.6 1.2 | 10.4 1.2 | 10.4 1.2 | 9.9 1.1 | 10.3 0.9 | 10.1 1 |
BMI | 20.2 3.6 | 9.3 0.5 | 20.8 4 | 19.9 3.5 | 18.9 3.8 | 17.3 3.2 | 18.4 3.8 | 18.5 3.3 | 19.7 4 | 18.8 3.5 |
Waist circumference | 69.9 9.2 | 66.8 7.8 | 75.1 11.5 | 72.6 9.7 | 68.8 8.7 | 65 9.1 | 65.7 8.5 | 68 8.7 | 70.9 1.1 | 69.8 1 |